This July 28, 2010 photo provided by the Eisenhower Presidential Library shows a 1955 letter from Fresno, Calif., high school student David Battan, to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, about a record for a 1794 court case that Battan had owned. Battan's letter is in the possession of the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kan. (AP Photo/ Courtesy of the Eisenhower Presidential Library)— AP

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This July 28, 2010 photo provided by the Eisenhower Presidential Library shows a 1955 letter from Fresno, Calif., high school student David Battan, to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, about a record for a 1794 court case that Battan had owned. Battan's letter is in the possession of the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kan. (AP Photo/ Courtesy of the Eisenhower Presidential Library)
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This July 27, 2010 photo Eisenhower Presidential Library shows a record from a 1794 federal court case presided over by Judge Richard Peters, who was a member of the Continental Congress. The case involved Edmund Randolph, who served as attorney general and secretary of state for President George Washington. The document was in the possession of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library but has been sent to the National Archives in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Eisenhower Presidential Library)— AP

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This July 27, 2010 photo Eisenhower Presidential Library shows a record from a 1794 federal court case presided over by Judge Richard Peters, who was a member of the Continental Congress. The case involved Edmund Randolph, who served as attorney general and secretary of state for President George Washington. The document was in the possession of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library but has been sent to the National Archives in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the Eisenhower Presidential Library)
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This Aug. 5, 2010 photo, shows a note made by a member of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff at the White House after it received a letter from a Fresno, Calif., high school student about a document from a 1794 court case. The note and the letter are in the archives of the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kan. (AP Photo/John Milburn)— AP

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This Aug. 5, 2010 photo, shows a note made by a member of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's staff at the White House after it received a letter from a Fresno, Calif., high school student about a document from a 1794 court case. The note and the letter are in the archives of the Eisenhower Presidential Library in Abilene, Kan. (AP Photo/John Milburn)
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ABILENE, Kan. 
A document written by a federal judge 216 years ago has turned up in an unlikely place: in President Dwight Eisenhower's archives in Kansas.

The 1794 document, signed by Judge Richard Peters, was found at the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum in July.

Peters signed the slip, listing court costs of $17.44 in a case involving Edmund Randolph, who was attorney general and later secretary of state under President George Washington. The case involved allegations of misappropriating funds and was dismissed.

Peters was secretary of the Board of War during the Revolution. He later served in the Pennsylvania Legislature before Washington appointed him to the bench.